Wyoming has been the largest producer of coal in the United States since 1986, [1] and in 2018, coal mines employed approximately 1% of the state's population. [2] In 2013, there were 17 active coal mines in Wyoming, which produced 388 million short tons, 39 percent of all the coal mined in the US, and more than three times the production of ...

The Black Thunder Coal Mine is a surface coal mine in the U.S. state of Wyoming, located in the Powder River Basin which contains one of the largest deposits of coal in the world. In 2022, the mine produced 62,180,000 short tons (56,410,000 t) …

Wyoming, the nation’s leading coal producer since 1986, provides about 40% of America’s coal through the top 10 producing mines located in the Powder River Basin. Most Wyoming coal is sub-bituminous, which makes it an attractive choice for power plants because it has less sulfur and burns at around 8,400 to 8,800 BTUs per pound.

Between 1865 and January 1, 2022, more than 12.6 billion short tons of coal had been mined in Wyoming, most of it in the last 30 years. The highest coal production year for Wyoming was 2008 when 466.3 MST was mined. Coal mines operate in Campbell, Lincoln, and Sweetwater counties.

Since 1865, more than 12.5 billion short tons of coal have been mined in Wyoming. In 2021, 239 million short tons (MT) of coal were produced in Wyoming, up 9 percent from the 218 MT produced during 2020. Coal was produced from mines in Campbell, Sweetwater, and Lincoln counties in Wyoming.

Nov 8, 2014 · Wyoming is home to nine of the nation’s 10 largest coal mines, and coal in Wyoming is mined at a rate of 12 tons per second. Fifty to 70 coal trains per day carry coal out of the Powder River Basin.

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Wyoming has 10 coal fields, one of which the Powder River Basin has 6 out of the 10 largest coal nines in U.S. Most of the coal mined in Wyoming is subbituminous, i.e., has less sulfur, making the state the producer of about nine-tenths of all U.S. subbituminous production.

Wyoming’s coal production still makes up approximately 40 percent of the nationwide total, a proportion that has held steady over the past few years. More than 91 percent of Wyoming-mined coal in 2018 was shipped via rail to 29 other states; the largest consumers were coal-fired power plants in Texas, Missouri, and Illinois.